2016–17 Sportfreunde Lotte season

The 2016–17 Sportfreunde Lotte season is their first season in the 3. Liga.

Sportfreunde Lotte

2016–17 season
Chairman	Rolf Horstmann
Manager	Ismail Atalan
Stadium	Frimo Stadion
3. Liga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Round 3
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of October 26, 2016.

Events

Sportfreunde Lotte won promotion after beating SV Waldhof Mannheim in the 2015–16 Regionalliga promotion play-offs.[1]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
1	GK	David Buchholz	36	Yes	FC Homburg	Transfer	Summer
31	MF	Marcel Kaffenberger	26	Yes	Chemnitzer FC	Transfer	Summer
22	DF	Dennis Engel	25	Yes	VfB Oldenburg	Transfer	Summer
21	DF	Phillipp Steinhart	28	Yes	Bayern Munich II	Transfer	Summer
33	GK	Yannick Zummack	24	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer
24	MF	Jarosław Lindner	32	Yes	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Transfer	Summer
14	MF	Patrick Schikowski	28	Yes	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Transfer	Summer

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
1	GK	Dominik Bergdorf	28	Yes	Offenburger FV	Transfer	Summer
25	DF	Jeron Al-Hazaimeh	28	Yes	Preußen Münster	Transfer	Summer		[2]
34	MF	Benjamin Siegert	39	Yes	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Transfer	Summer
13	FW	Daniel Latkowski	29	Yes	SC Wiedenbrück	Transfer	Summer

Preseason and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

28 June 2016	SC Wiedenbrück 2000	4–1	Sportfreunde Lotte
19:00		Report

19 July 2016	Heracles Almelo	2–0	Sportfreunde Lotte
19:00		Report

11 January 2017	SC Wiedenbrück 2000	4–2	Sportfreunde Lotte
19:00		Report

19 January 2017	Wuppertaler SV	1–1	Sportfreunde Lotte
12:45		Report

21 January 2017	Hannover 96	4–1	Sportfreunde Lotte
15:00		Report

3. Liga

3. Liga fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

MD	Date Kickoff^A	H/A	Opponent	Res.^B F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Table		Ref.
						Sportfreunde Lotte	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1				–
2				–
3				–
4				–
5				–
6				–
8				–
7				–
9				–
10				–
11				–
12				–
13				–
14				–
15				–
16				–
17				–
18				–
19				–
20				–
21				–
22				–
23				–
24				–
25				–
26				–
27				–
28				–
29				–
30				–
31				–
32				–
33				–
34				–
35				–
36				–
37				–
38				–

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Sonnenhof Großaspach	38	14	9	15	48	48	0	51
11	VfR Aalen[lower-alpha 1]	38	14	15	9	52	36	+16	48
12	Sportfreunde Lotte	38	13	9	16	46	47	−1	48
13	Hallescher FC	38	10	18	10	34	39	−5	48
14	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	12	11	15	34	47	−13	47

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. On 10 March 2017, VfR Aalen was deducted nine points for filing in for insolvency.[3] On 15 March 2017, Aalen objected the decision.[4] The DFB rejected the appeal on 24 March 2017.[5] After Aalen again appealed against the decision, it was rejected once more on 11 April 2017.[6] On 4 May 2017, the DFB rejected the next appeal from Aalen.[7] It was again denied on 18 May 2017.[8]

Westphalian Cup

Westphalian Cup results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

9 November 2016 Last 16	Schüren	1–2	Sportfreunde Lotte	Dortmund
19:00		Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Schüren

12 April 2017 Quarter Final	FC Gütersloh 2000	0–2	Sportfreunde Lotte	Gütersloh
19:00		Report		Stadium: Heidewaldstadion

26 April 2017 Semi Final	Sportfreunde Lotte	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	SV Rödinghausen	Lotte, Germany
19:00		Report		Stadium: Frimo Stadion

25 May 2017 Final	Paderborn	3–1	Sportfreunde Lotte	Paderborn
17:00		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Breite Bruch

Player information

As of 31 May 2016.[9]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		3. Liga		Westphalian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		David Buchholz	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Tim Wendel	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Gerrit Nauber	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Matthias Rahn	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Tim Gorschlüter	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		Alexander Hettich	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		André Dej	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Semih Daglar	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Bernd Rosinger	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Luka Tankulić	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Patrick Schikowski	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Moritz Heyer	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Nico Neidhart	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Nico Granatowski	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Kevin Freiberger	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Kevin Pires-Rodrigues	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Phillipp Steinhart	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Dennis Engel	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Alexander Langlitz	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Jarosław Lindner	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Dennis Brock	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Benedikt Fernandez	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Marcel Kaffenberger	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Yannick Zummack	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

A. ^ ^ ^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.

B. ^ ^ ^ Sportfreunde Lotte goals first.

References

1. "Regensburg, Lotte und Zwickau steigen in die 3. Liga auf" (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. "Al-Hazaimeh unterschreibt in Münster" (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2016.
3. "Neun Punkte Abzug für VfR Aalen". dfb.de. 10 March 2017.
4. "VfR legt Widerspruch gegen DFB-Entscheidung ein". vfr-aalen.de. 15 March 2017.
5. "DFB-Spielausschuss weist Aalen-Einspruch gegen Punktabzug zurück". dfb.de. 24 March 2017.
6. "Punktabzug für Aalen von DFB-Präsidium bestätigt". dfb.de. 11 April 2017.
7. "Bundesgericht weist Aalens Verwaltungsbeschwerde zurück". dfb.de. 3 May 2017.
8. "Ständiges neutrales Schiedsgericht weist Aalens Klage ab". dfb.de. 19 May 2017.
9. "Mannschaft & Spieler: Regionalliga" (in German). Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2016.